Naming Convention for Abbreviations 

This document uses the following abbreviations for specific Web Dynpro entities. These abbreviations are combined to form composite names that adhere to naming convention for Web Dynpro coding entities recommended by SAP.

The name is a combination of one of the listed abbreviations and a naming convention suffix.  This name is used as a placeholder in all generated coding entity names.

Development entities

{a}        Application

{act}    Action

{c}        Component

{cc}      Custom controller

{m}    Model

{pi}      Inbound plug

{po}      Outbound plug

{pr}      Project

{si}      Standalone component interface

{siv}    Standalone component interface view

This naming placeholder is only required if a standalone component interface has multiple interface views.

{v}        View

{vs}      Viewset

{w}    Window

Abbreviations for context entities

{ca}      Context attribute

{chn}    Context child node

{cn}      Context node

{ctx}  Context name; always the same name as the controller to which it belongs

{mn}   Model node

{mo}      Model object (referred to by a model node)

{rn}   Recursive node

{va}      Value attribute

{cva}    Calculated value attribute

{vn}   Value node

Abbreviations for generic and composite entities

{dt}           Data type defined either in standard Java or by the Web Dynpro data dictionary

{dtp}         Data type of a UI element property

{uip}         Property of a UI element

{uievt}     Client-side event raised by a UI element

{nx}           Name formed by the combination of one of the listed abbreviations, and a naming convention suffix. This is the placeholder embedded in all generated entity names.  The subscript x indicates the type of the composite name.

{p}             Purpose of component

{pkg_usr}     User-defined Java package

{pkg_sap}     Standard SAP Java package containing all internal Web Dynpro Framework (WDF) classes. This is currently com.sap.tc.webdynpro.progmodel.*

Abbreviations for subscripts of composite entities using the suffixes recommended by SAP

{n_a}         Application = {a}App

{n_c}     Component controller = {c}Comp

{n_cc}    Custom controller = {cc}Cust

{n_civ}   Component interface view = {w}InterfaceView

{n_ctl}   Controller of any type

{n_m}         Model = {m}Model

{n_pi}        Inbound plug = {pi}In

{n_po}        Outbound plug = {po}Out

{n_pr}        Project = {pr}

{n_si}        Standalone component interface = {si}CompI

{n_siv}   Standalone component interface view = {si}{siv}

{n_u}         Component usage = {nc}{p}Inst

{n_v}     View = {v}View

{n_vs}        Viewset = {vs}Viewset

{n_w}         Window = {w}